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• Huntsman addresses his Obama role in SC speech (AP)
• The Trump Backlash Begins (The Daily Beast)
• Ron Paul Raised $1 Million Overnight (The Atlantic Wire)
• Often What One President Begins, the Next President Finishes (ContributorNetwork)
• Wisconsin Republicans rush agenda before recalls (AP)
• Michelle Obama lauds US forces in bin Laden raid (AP)
• Republican Santorum wins South Carolina straw poll (Reuters)
• Obama's pledged trip to Pakistan less certain (AP)
• Automatic budget cuts have spotty record (AP)
• Singapore opposition makes election breakthrough (AFP)
• Bin Laden directed Qaeda from Pakistan compound (Reuters)
• Syrian forces launch deadly raid on hotbed city (AFP)
• La. Gov. Bobby Jindal releases birth certificate (AP)
• Independent RI gov. turns to public for support (AP)
• Republican answers critics of service under Obama (Reuters)
• Hispanic Voters On the Fence (Daily Caller)
• Syria army attacks Banias (Reuters)
• Teens Who Admitted to Bullying Phoebe Prince Sentenced (Time.com)
• Obama tries to reassure public on economy, jobs (AP)
• Singapore election results expected in a few hours (Reuters)

Huntsman addresses his Obama role in SC speech (AP) Posted: 07 May 2011 01:13 PM PDT AP - Republican Jon Huntsman, weighing a White House bid, used his first formal event after stepping down as President Barack Obama's ambassador to China to confront the line on his resume that conservatives were most likely to declare a deal-breaker.

The Trump Backlash Begins (The Daily Beast) Posted: 06 May 2011 01:53 AM PDT The Daily Beast - The Donald Trump steamroller got run off the road last week, and getting back on track may not be easy.

Ron Paul Raised $1 Million Overnight (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 06 May 2011 07:25 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - The Republican's more mainstream candidates, however, have been having their share of fundraising woes. President Obama aims to raise $1 billion for his 2012 reelection campaign, well above his record-breaking $750,000,000 in donations in 2008. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, an establishment candidate, decided not to run last month in part because he doubted he could match Obama's fundraising pace. "He's going to have $100 million in the bank before any of the Republican candidates catch their breath," one of Barbour's advisers told NBC News' Michael Isikoff.

Often What One President Begins, the Next President Finishes (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 07 May 2011 12:32 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - Great projects started by one President of the United States are often concluded by his successor. Dearth, term limits and failure to win re-election sometimes intervene to terminate one administration before its primary task is done.

Wisconsin Republicans rush agenda before recalls (AP) Posted: 07 May 2011 11:54 AM PDT AP - Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker and GOP leaders have launched a push to ram several years' worth of conservative agenda items through the Legislature this spring before recall elections threaten to end the party's control of state government.

Michelle Obama lauds US forces in bin Laden raid (AP) Posted: 07 May 2011 11:25 AM PDT AP - First lady Michelle Obama said Saturday that the U.S. military specialists who killed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden showed "the very essence" of public service.

Republican Santorum wins South Carolina straw poll (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2011 10:31 AM PDT Reuters - Republican Rick Santorum got credit for showing up and won a 2012 presidential straw poll of party activists in the crucial early voting state of South Carolina, organizers said on Saturday.

Obama's pledged trip to Pakistan less certain (AP) Posted: 07 May 2011 02:23 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's promised trip to Pakistan this year, once seen as a reward for a key ally in the fight against terrorism, is now a looming headache for the White House as it tries to determine whether the government in Islamabad was complicit in allowing Osama bin Laden to live for years within the country's borders.

Automatic budget cuts have spotty record (AP) Posted: 07 May 2011 02:10 PM PDT AP - Congress and President Barack Obama are proposing ways to automatically trigger budget savings if they can't rein in deficits the old-fashioned way, by enacting laws to cut spending or raise taxes. Similar efforts in the past have a spotty record.

Singapore opposition makes election breakthrough (AFP) Posted: 07 May 2011 01:57 PM PDT AFP - Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) was returned to power on Sunday with a huge majority but suffered a drop in popularity and lost a key district to a resurgent opposition.

Bin Laden directed Qaeda from Pakistan compound (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2011 01:20 PM PDT Reuters - Osama bin Laden was actively engaged in directing his far-flung network in plots against the United States from the compound in Pakistan where he was killed, a senior U.S. intelligence official said as new video images of the al Qaeda leader were released on Saturday.

Syrian forces launch deadly raid on hotbed city (AFP) Posted: 07 May 2011 12:52 PM PDT AFP - Syrian forces rained gunfire on Banias Saturday as they pushed ahead with an assault on the restive port, killing six people, activists said, as President Bashar al-Assad's opponents called for elections to end the crisis.

La. Gov. Bobby Jindal releases birth certificate (AP) Posted: 07 May 2011 10:20 AM PDT AP - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who was born in Baton Rouge to immigrant parents from India, has released his birth certificate.

Independent RI gov. turns to public for support (AP) Posted: 07 May 2011 10:09 AM PDT AP - Lincoln Chafee offered voters something new when he took office this year as the nation's only sitting independent governor. But the former Republican is learning that while it may resonate with voters, independence can be lonely.

Republican answers critics of service under Obama (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2011 08:38 AM PDT Reuters - Republican Jon Huntsman, a potential White House contender and former ambassador to China, used his first public speech since returning from Beijing to answer conservative critics who question his service under President Barack Obama.

Hispanic Voters On the Fence (Daily Caller) Posted: 07 May 2011 08:13 AM PDT Daily Caller - Candidate Barack Obama ’s 2012 campaign team is set to announce a Hispanic outreach campaign next week, just as President Barack Obama travels to the Mexican border to give a speech on immigration.

Syria army attacks Banias (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2011 07:54 AM PDT Reuters - Syrian tanks attacked the mostly Sunni Muslim city of Banias on Saturday, a rights campaigner said, raising sectarian tension in a country gripped by protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

Teens Who Admitted to Bullying Phoebe Prince Sentenced (Time.com) Posted: 07 May 2011 07:25 AM PDT Time.com - The five teenagers accused of carrying out a "three month campaign" of bullying that resulted in Phoebe Prince's suicide last year have been sentenced

Obama tries to reassure public on economy, jobs (AP) Posted: 07 May 2011 06:14 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is reassuring the public that jobs and the economy are his top priority.

Singapore election results expected in a few hours (Reuters) Posted: 07 May 2011 05:47 AM PDT Reuters - Singaporeans voted on Saturday in the city-state's most hotly contested parliamentary election since independence, although Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's long-ruling People's Action Party (PAP) is almost certain to retain power.

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